It’s based on a closer and more equal partnership than the policy adopted in Lisbon 13 years ago.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says there’s a great deal of work to do before the October EU Africa Summit in Brussels.

Both sides have to put flesh on the bones of their desire to see enhanced cooperation and sustainable development between the 27 European nations and 54 African countries.

Borrell says they are working on embracing green energy, transforming digital technology, sustainable growth and jobs, peace, security and good governance and migration mobility.

The importance of this process is underlined by the reality that Europe’s  $250-billion investment in Africa is five times larger than that of  the US or China.   

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She’s the subject of a criminal investigation into misappropriation of funds when she was chief executive of Angola’s state-owned oil company Sonangol.

Isabel Dos Santos was given the Sonangol job by her father Jose Eduardo Dos Santos when he was President of Angola.

Exploiting  that special relationship made her Africa’s richest woman with a fortune of $2,2- billion.

Angola’s seeking to recoup money from her.

Dos Santos, who lives in London, says she’s the victim of a politically motivated witch hunt.

Dozens of personal and corporate bank accounts she hold in Portugal have been seized by Lisbon authorities along with those of her husband Sandika Dokolo.

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